Chief Justice keen to extend circle sentencing to Supreme Court

Chief Justice Lucy McCallum at a recent ceremonial sitting. Picture by Elesa Kurtz

The territory's top judge has identified a potential "pilot" case as she looks to extend circle sentencing for Indigenous offenders to the ACT Supreme Court.

Circle sentencing, in which Indigenous elders sit alongside a judicial officer and participate in the criminal justice process, has been available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander defendants in the ACT since 2004.